Please join Wudeward Urban Forest Products, in conjunction with AIA Wisconsin, in a tree-planting event to learn more about the urban forest and the role we all must play in its sustainability and regeneration.

The simple act of planting a tree begins a virtuous circle of life and regeneration. The trees that make up urban and community forests provide essential benefits and create healthier environments for people. When those trees reach end of life, their urban wood can be incorporated back into the built environment to further promote health and well-being for generations to come.

The urban wood industry that supports this virtuous circle of life is reliant on architects, interior designers, and others who collaborate on the beauty and function of a building and the spaces within it. By strengthening our connection to urban and community forests, we gain a greater appreciation of living trees as well as the possibilities of urban wood in the built environment.

• Families are welcome
• Tree planting
• Urban wood product information
• Presentations – SSM Health, Kahler Slater, Findorff
• Coffee and baked goods and other refreshments
• Raffle Prizes

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the essential qualities of urban forests and how to integrate the healthful and restorative characteristics of living trees into our built environments through the use of urban forest products.
• Understand how the use of urban wood products in the built environment benefits climate health by sequestering and reducing carbon emissions.
• Recognize how urban wood positively impacts the triple bottom line of social, economic, and environmental value by reducing costs to manage urban forests, strengthening local economies and helping achieve zero waste project goals.
• Discover the use of urban wood as a building material in the context of long-term forest sustainability and strengthen your connection to the natural environment.

Submitted for AIA/CES approval

Co-Sponsored by AIA Wisconsin, Wudeward Urban Forest Products, Findorff, SSM Health, US Forest Service, Urban Wood Network.